Lakshya Sen stuns World Number 1 Viktor Axelsen to reach finals of German Open
India’s young badminton player Lakshya Sen has reached the title match of the German Open by defeating Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen. The 20-year-old young player defeated the Olympic champion 21-13, 12-21, 22-20 in the semi-final match. Lakshya defeated the world number one player in one hour and five minutes. He made a strong comeback after falling behind in the third game and won the match.
Lakshya has been in excellent form for the last few months. Prior to this match, Axelsen was considered to have the upper hand, but in the very first game, Lakshya showed that he would not allow the Olympic champion to dominate him and the Indian player created a sensation by winning the first game 21-13. . The second game was won by Axelsen.
Snatches victory from jaws of defeat
In the third and last game too, the performance of the Olympic champion was excellent, but after falling behind in the third game, Lakshya made a comeback. At one point Axelsen was leading 19-15 and needed 2 more points to win. In such a situation, Lakshya made a strong comeback and won the match 22-20.
Lakshya will now face Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the final. If Lakshya, who won the bronze medal in the World Championship last year, wins this title, then it will be his second title of this year after the Indian Super 500 tournament.
